'How will I sleep?' Residents in uproar as car park plan approved - but commuters say they want it

The former Kingsway tyre garage on Victoria Road is set to become a 22-space car park

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A former tyre garage near Retford train station looks set to become a car park after proposals were approved by planners.

Despite major concerns about the application from nearby residents, planning bosses gave approval for the scheme which will see a 22-berth, 24-hour car park with automatic barriers, lighting and a pay machine built.

It is set to take over the site at the bottom of Victoria Road that used to be occupied by Kingsway Tyres and will involve the demolition of the existing buildings.

"The car park will be open, with the only structures being entry and exit barriers and machines, with one pay station," the applicant's design and access statement said.

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"The buildings to be lost are a range of single storey structures which have no visual amenity value.

"Due to their low level and set-back nature, the view along the street, although remaining open and as such unchanged in some respects, will be improved, particularly from direct frontage views with the removal of the unsightly existing buildings on site, which at present create a cluttered appearance.

New spaces were created in the area around the station last year to alleviate parking problems

"The existing signage and open storage of tyres on the site will also be removed."

The car park will include two disabled spaces and there will also be an area for motorcycle parking.

The plans have deeply concerned some nearby residents who say light and noise from the site will be invasive.

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"In the planning application, it states that there will be 'six 4 metre high lighting poles' being erected on the site," objected one resident in a letter to planners.

"Our property is directly affected by this, and this will be a huge disturbance at night. If the lights are to be operated from dusk to dawn, it will make it very invasive...making sleep impossible or at least very disturbing.

"The plan is to install automatic barriers. This will increase the noise pollution to the area as these will be operated 24 hours a day.

Parking has been an issue around the station for years, with residents and commuters jostling for free spaces

"There is a possibility that vehicles will be coming and going at all times of day with not only the slamming of doors and engine noise, but also car alarms going off, with no one able to turn them off at night, or indeed during the day - as the owners will not be nearby to deal with it. This is totally unacceptable."

They also said gardens and homes nearby could be invaded by rats fleeing the site during demolition of the existing buildings.

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Another resident cited the light issue as a major concern, adding: "I am not against the property being developed, however I do object to the parts of the development that will affect my property and my enjoyment of it going forward."

Other people say the car park would not have a big impact on commuters leaving their vehicles on residential streets near the station, with one saying "they will always take the easy or free option - there's not much stopping them".

Commuters, though, welcomed the news.

Some commuters say they will use the new car park once it's built

"The parking around the station has always been bad so the more parking spots the better in my opinion," said Hannah Graham, 46, who travels by train to work in Peterborough.

"If I couldn't find a spot in the station car park, I'd happily use this place."

David Kirkwood, 51, added: "They've definitely had a push to get more parking here in recent years - they've put in more immediately around the station, one over the tracks and now this one. I'm all for it. People living around here must get so annoyed with cars outside their homes."